FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 13, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 8 at halftime and won 95–82.

Final
CHA101
CLE104
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +3
Final
DET90
IND101
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +11
Final
PHX99
MIA89
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +10
Final
TOR91
ORL84
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +7
Final
BOS101
PHI81
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +20
Final
DEN91
WAS120
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +29
Final
MIL95
NJN108
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +13
Final
ATL82
NYK94
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +12
Final
POR85
MEM79
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +6
Final
MIN82
SAS95
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +13
Final
SEA84
CHI99
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +15
Final
LAL101
DAL110
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
UTA105
LAC86
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +19
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2005–06Dec 13, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ CHA), 42 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 8 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 8 at the half, San Antonio outscored the Timberwolves 47–26 the rest of the way. Final: 95–82. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-8+2+13SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2828151182
SAS2622252295
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 21, 18, 15, 25, 16, 16, 17, 24SAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 14, 20, 14, 10, 9, 21, 21, 23SAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 19, 25, 21, 15, 24, 31, 18, 19MIN19 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 18, 6, 4, 13, 12, 6, 11, 19MIN19 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Washington posts the night's biggest win

Washington beat Denver by 29, the widest margin of 13 games.

CLE over CHA3POR over MEM6TOR over ORL7DAL over LAL9PHX over MIA10IND over DET11NYK over ATL12NJN over MIL13SAS over MIN13CHI over SEA15UTA over LAC19BOS over PHI20WAS over DEN29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.8Season avg36.6Last 5

36.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 25, 23, 41, 20, 31, 19, 37, 36NJN vs MIL · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 3, 28, 21, 33, 10, 38, 38, 32, 41, 34WAS vs DEN · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 27, 52, 29, 21, 24, 34, 23, 33LAL @ DAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 26, 24, 5, 23, 12, 30, 9, 29DAL vs LAL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 4, 21, 23, 26, 24, 30, 8, 31, 28UTA @ LAC · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 8, 15, 13, 18, 11, 21, 18, 28UTA @ LAC · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Eddy CurryNYK+7.0 25.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.0 20.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+3.5 11.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Alonzo MourningMIA+3.4 12.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW+3.3 14.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Emeka OkaforCHA−4.0 11.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Fred JonesTOR−3.1 6.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Antoine WrightNJN−2.7 3.3 last 10 · 6.0 season
Antonio DanielsWAS−2.7 4.8 last 10 · 7.5 season